Apart from the Publicity and Editorial Teams, many of the
Simon and Schuster authors were present, including Felix
Francis, Kate Rhodes, Andrew Wilson, Luca Veste, Chris Carter and Craig
Robertson. It was good to congratulate the R J Bailey writing duo for their Barry
Award Nomination, and Sarah Vaughan for scaling the UK book charts with ANATOMY
OF A SCANDAL.

This year Jo Dickinson and her colleagues had much to celebrate
as last year Chris Carter made No
1 in the UK with The Caller. We have enjoyed Chris’ dark tales for some time
now, and he produced an essay for our readers which is available here.

Also
present was Andrew Wilson,
the writer of the definitive biography of Patricia Highsmith [‘Beautiful Shadow’].
Andrew Wilson’s upcoming Murder Mystery featuring Dame Agatha Christie has been
gathering excitement as has Craig Robertson’s dark thriller THE
PHOTOGRAPHER, which our reviewer Maureen Ellis described as –

Craig
Robertson writes with such ease and clarity, that even though the subject
deeply unpleasant, he compels the reader ever onwards. The characters are
strong and completely believable, though the plot is dark and very gritty, the
evidence is slowly revealed until the reader is driven headlong to the
excellent climax – breathless.

And so it was time to mingle, with wine, beer and canapes
flowing as calmly as the conversation; as between slugs of wine, we had a look
at was coming from this important publishing house.

After thanking the Simon and Schuster team it was time to
head back into a dark and frosty London night, clutching a goody bag and the memories
of a wonderful party with our friends and colleagues from Literature’s darkest niche
– Crime and Thriller.

We present a series of photographs from the party.

For more information about the Simon and Schuster Crime
Fiction List Click
HERE